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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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Clarendon Lectures in English |
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Clarendon lectures in English.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Iconoclasm in Melbourne, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Modern Art; 2. Learn to Die: Late Medieval English Images before the Law; 3. Statues of Liberty: Iconoclasm and Idolatry in the English Revolution; 4. Under the Hammer: Iconoclasm and the Enlightenment; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
When we think of breaking images, we assume that it happens somewhere else. We also tend to think of iconoclasts as barbaric. Iconoclasts are people like the Taliban, who blew up Buddhist statues in 2001. We tend, that is, to look with horror on iconoclasm. This book argues instead that iconoclasm is a central strand of Anglo-American modernity. Our horror at the destruction of art derives in part from the fact that we too did, and still do, that. This is most obviously true of England's iconoclastic century between 1538 and 1643. That century of legislated early modern image breaking, exceptio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Art, English -- 16th century
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Art, English -- 17th century
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Iconoclasm in art.
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Iconoclasm.
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iconoclasm.
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aniconism.
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ART -- Performance.
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ART -- Reference.
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Art, English
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Iconoclasm
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Iconoclasm in art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191613043 |
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0191613045 |
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1283348411 |
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9781283348416 |
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